Shoot or No Shot 2019 - Episode #1

[Stein]

That makes sense.


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[BULLBLASTER]

Day 8 of a 10 day hunt plays into it as well. By then I’m ready to send arrows at mostly anything. 

[Karl Blanchard]

Day 8 of a 10 day hunt plays into it as well. By then I’m ready to send arrows at mostly anything. 

sounding shots 

[pd]

Well, Mr. Wapiti Talk #1, I know for a fact that this was both your and my scenario last year.  And I don't want to relive it, M'Kay?   

There is no way I could have 8 or 10 days in a row, so it is hard to say.  But assume it was the last day or 2nd to the last day.  As Karl has said, it is possible to buy a 2nd elk tag, so I might just shot the cougar.

HOWEVER, be aware that out of state elk tags did completely sell out in Idaho last year, so there is no guarantee there will be extras available when you finally make it to the gas station in the valley.

[Dan-o]

BP is 180 over 115. Pulse is 165. I'm jerking an arrow 4 feet high and left.

Literally LOL'd!

[WapitiTalk1]

BP is 180 over 115. Pulse is 165. I'm jerking an arrow 4 feet high and left.

Literally LOL'd!

Me too 

[bracer40]

Nope. But if that cat was that close to me, I suspect he'd be in more of a stalk mode and I'd be thinking more about flying lead than carbon & steel...

[Nice Racks]

My Ticon 125 is on its way; chances of me getting another shot like that with a bow are slim.

[lamrith]

Ohh WT1. 

See the smart hunter would have Cat/Dog/Yogi tags already.  @$41/ea ($25 for dog?) they are too economical not to snag.

But for sake of your challenge the mind story..  Day8, if not in elk that morning or been dry a few days I would settle the pin like Karl and let er go.  I hear Cat is some good eating, and taking a cat with a bow is not something you see often, or ever will again. Mother nature offered you a rare opportunity, take it.


If in elk, why you sittin slackin off? Git on em!

[lewy]

I’m killing that cat as well, exact shot placement as previously posted

[MtnMuley]

I let fly 1-2 inches over Karl's mark for center lungs, then buy a second tag or head to Oregon.

[theleo]

You guys would hang $550 in tags on that cat?  Maybe I'm missing out?

I've been hunting 20 years and have never seen one in a position I could shoot it, with anything. So $600.00 for a shot that that might come along 2-3 times in my life (unless I started hunting specifically for them) isn't really that big of an investment. 

[slavenoid]

My wife would kill me if I brought home an expensive cat instead of a freezer full of elk.

[Karl Blanchard]

Ohh WT1. 

See the smart hunter would have Cat/Dog/Yogi tags already.  @$41/ea ($25 for dog?) they are too economical not to snag.

But for sake of your challenge the mind story..  Day8, if not in elk that morning or been dry a few days I would settle the pin like Karl and let er go.  I hear Cat is some good eating, and taking a cat with a bow is not something you see often, or ever will again. Mother nature offered you a rare opportunity, take it.


If in elk, why you sittin slackin off? Git on em!

sorry but a NR black bear tag is $186. Cougar tag is $186. Wolf tag is $31.75.  Zero chance I'm spending $403.75 on the insanely slim chance that a cat, bear, or wolf walk within bow range.  For that rare chance a wolf or cat walk buy, I'll hang an elk tag on it all day long.

[WapitiTalk1]

Karl, they are $40something for NR bear/cougar tags in certain zones/units (guess it's dependent upon population?).  I know where Lamrith hunted in ID a few years ago it was that way (reduced NR fees for those two types of tags). 

https://idfg.idaho.gov/licenses/fees-nonresident#tags